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The Simple, Practical Solution To Reading More of Your Bible

At the beginning of the year, I decided I wanted to read the entire Bible - for the second time - in a year. (I also started using these amazing reading plans on my even more amazing Bible app, YouVersion. It's awesome; check it out!) 

 My aim is to get more of God's word into my head, mind and heart, and as a result, get to know Him better, as...

 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1:1)

 Simple, yeah? If God and His Word are one, then by getting to know one more, I get to know the other, right?

 But to achieve my goal, I obviously had to carve out more time to read God's Word. 

 Now, truth be told, I often find reading the Bible a little bit tedious (I'll have you know God appreciates my honesty), ESPECIALLY when it gets to certain, not-so-Jesus-loves-you-you-can-do-no-wrong-everything-is-all-GOOD chapters like Numbers, Leviticus and a few others (let's cut them some slack, shall we?). But I really needed to do this Bible study - for me.

 So, I found a great solution. The audio Bible. (Which YouVersion also has. I told you it was awesome.)

 As a largely auditory learner, I find that listening to the Bible helps me to grab a lot more information. I also find that I am less distracted than when I'm reading the words, and it even helps me visualise what I'm listening to better - which in turn helps the information stick longer in my mind.

 While I understand that this may not be the solution for everyone, understanding how best you absorb information can go a long way in helping you study more and more of God's word. 

 I hope this helps!

 Kunmi x

Comments

  1. IELTS Master3 February 2016 at 06:44

    Great and happy about this project for the Lord.

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  2. IELTS Master3 February 2016 at 06:44

    Great and happy about this project for the Lord.

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